The collision happened during a railway channel with a half-barrier in a area of Lohma nearby Gera, according to sovereign police. When a burden sight crossed over that territory of a tracks, it held a outpost laterally and dragged a car along for about 200 metres. How this happened accurately stays unclear.
The 3 passengers inside a outpost who were killed have been identified as a 49-year-old woman, a 17-year-old lady and a 19-year-old man, military said.
According to statements by a sight motorist and observations by witnesses, a separator was sealed during a time of a collision.
The sight motorist was also found to have had a blood ethanol turn of 0.0.
A rescue helicopter was flown to a scene, though it was already too late to save a van’s passengers.
After a collision, a sight line was sealed off and a deputy train use was deployed.
Article source: https://www.thelocal.de/20170419/train-crash-with-car-kills-three-in-thuringia